Tuesday 10:00 - 10:45 a.m.

The Agua Pura Curriculum Project: Exploring Salmon and Steelhead in California Communities
A. Michael Marzolla  ammarzolla@ucdavis.edu
Lisa Thompson
Strand: Reaching New Audiences, Conservation and Sustainability, Partnerships and Collaborations
Format: Hands-on
Audience: 3-12, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Triton

Designed for on-line distribution, this curriculum aims to enhance participants' understanding of salmon and steelhead, and the critical relationship these fish have to healthy watersheds and their link to healthy communities. Through a variety of hands-on and heads-on learning activities, participants are encouraged to explore their surroundings and the connections between salmon and steelhead and the people in their community. The project is directed towards engaging youth from under-served populations with a concentration on engaging Latino youth and families.

Oregon Sea Grant: Reaching Diverse Audiences Through Unique Educational Programs
Tracy Crews  tracy.crews@oregonstate.edu
Strand: Reaching New Audiences, Inspiration and Empowerment, Partnerships and Collaborations
Format: Field-based
Audience: PreK-12, Informal Educators
Room: Nautilus

Oregon Sea Grant (OSG) is committed to providing meaningful learning experiences for all audiences, including underserved populations. OSG provides a wide range of hands-on and inquiry based lab and field activities for school and youth groups\including summer camps and specialized home school days, Scouts, and career day programming. In addition, we have unique programs like Las OLAS (Ocean Learning Activities in Spanish) which targets Spanish speaking students and their families, and a place-based educational program, Oregon Coast Quests, which educates the public about unique habitats and environmental issues through participation in clue directed hunts.

AquaSchool - Big Ideas Beyond the Field Trip
Eriko Arai  eriko.arai@vanaqua.org
Strand: Inspiration and Empowerment, Teaching Ideas
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: 3-12, Administrators, Informal Educators
Room: Surf and Sand

Ever wonder what a teacher could do if the classroom existed beyond four walls? Meet AquaSchool, a program that partners keen teachers with the opportunity to use the Vancouver Aquarium as their classroom for a week of unforgettable learning. Teachers connect their students' learning through the use of big ideas that carry through the entire school year. Similar successful programs exist across Canada in museums, zoos, aquariums, and even at a city hall and a fire school. Highlighting place-based, minds-on, interdisciplinary learning, this framework can be used in any setting, as long as you can think outside of the classroom.

The Whys and Wonders of Wetlands
Becky Cox  beckyc@utm.edu
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Hands-on
Audience: PreK-12, Informal Educators
Room: Marlin    Handout 1, Handout 2, Handout 3, Handout 4, Handout 5, Handout 6

What is a wetland? Why are wetlands important? These questions and others will be answered during this wetlands awareness session. Characteristics of wetlands will be identified, compared, and contrasted. Participants will learn songs, create models, review wetland-themed books, and enjoy wetland snacks. This session addresses NSES Life Science Grades K-4 Life Science Content Standard C: As a result of activities in grades K-4, all students should develop understanding of: The characteristics of organisms\life cycles of organisms\organisms and environments. (p. 127). Come join the fun! Door prizes given away.

Evaluating Young Women in Science, a Bilingual Summer Camp at the
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Chris Parsons  cp@word-craft.com
Kim Swan-Sosky
Strand: Exploration and New Discoveries, Reaching New Audiences
Format: Panel discussion
Audience: 6-12, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Dolphin

Each summer the Monterey Bay Aquarium offers Young Women in Science, a weeklong, themed, bilingual conservation camp to local middle-school girls. Since 2003 we have tried a variety of methods to evaluate the impact of the camps and various themes on participants. In 2008 we measured connectedness to the ocean via pre/post surveys and tested participants' knowledge gains with pre/post concept map activities. All evaluation methods and instructions were presented in English and Spanish. This presentation focuses on our experiences with bilingual evaluation methods, as well as shares program evaluation results.

Coral Bleaching, A White Hot Problem -- A Bridge DATA Activity
Lisa Lawrence  ayers@vims.edu
Chris Petrone
Strand: Exploration and New Discoveries
Format: Hands-on
Audience: 6-12, College, Informal Educators
Room: Sanderling

Some of the planet's most beautiful and diverse ecosystems are at risk. With temperatures on the rise, coral reefs are at greater risk for coral bleaching. Using ocean observing system data from NOAA's National Data Buoy Center, this classroom activity examines ocean temperatures off Puerto Rico to see how coral reefs are being impacted and predict what's on the horizon. Brought to you by Sea Grant's Bridge website (www.marine-ed.org/bridge) and COSEE Networked Ocean World (COSEE NOW).

Do's and Don'ts for Writing Successful Grant Proposals
Elizabeth Day-Miller  bethday-miller@comcast.net
Sarah Schoedinger, Stacey Rudolph
Strand: Partnerships and Collaborations, Inspiration and Empowerment
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: PreK-12, College, Administrators, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Curlew     Handout

Writing successful grant proposals can be exhausting, overwhelming, and time consuming, often with little chance for success. Using five years of data and observations from NOAA's Environmental Literacy Grant Program, this presentation will discuss many common and some less obvious mistakes made in proposal preparation. We will discuss many best practices that can greatly affect a proposal's success in the current funding environment. Attendees will receive a practical list of dos and don'ts for writing successful grant proposals. Time will be reserved for questions and discussion. Join us for an insider's view of what makes a proposal successful.

Research Upwellings: What is Surfacing from Current Ocean Literacy Research?
Amy Larrison Gillan PhD Candidate  agillan@sbcglobal.net
Rosanne W.Fortner, EdD, Diana Payne, PhD, Meghan Marrero, EdD
Strand: Exploration and New Discoveries
Format: Panel discussion
Audience: PreK-12, College, Administrators, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Evergreen

Join former NMEA president, COSEE's Rosanne Fortner, Connecticut Sea Grant's Diana Payne, U.S. Satellite Laboratory's Meghan Marrero, and veteran middle school science teacher, Amy Gillan as they share their latest marine education research. Share your OL research interests with colleagues in this panel discussion.

Songwriting as a Teaching Tool
Gary Bowman  banjoman7@sbcglobal.net
Anna Campbell
Strand: Inspiration and Empowerment
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: PreK-12, Informal Educators
Room: Kiln

Join Gary and Songwriter Anna Campbell at this interactive workshop, as they share strategies for using songwriting as an instructional tool in the classroom. This workshop is designed for all teachers, regardless of musical background and experience. As time allows, Gary and Anna will also perform several songs from Gary's 'Song of the Oceans,' and discuss ocean-themed curricular connections.

What's the Catch? Safe Seafood Practices
Alfonso Montie  alfonso.montiel@lacity.org
Linda Chilton
Strand: Reaching New Audiences, Conservation and Sustainability, Partnerships and Collaborations
Format: Hands-on
Audience: 3-12, Informal Educators
Room: Oak Shelter

Contaminated bays and harbors impact subsistence and recreational anglers and their families. Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, USC Sea Grant and Montrose Settlements Restoration Program joined together to use current findings to produce a cross-curriculur guide to address safe seafood practices for the Los Angeles and Orange Counties area. Emphasis is on reducing risks when eating seafood caught in the Los Angeles area near the Montrose Superfund site. The program weaves the history and the restoration efforts through the standards based activities. New audiences receive outreach and learn about how the contaminants move through the natural system. The curriculum is supported by resource publications. The lessons in the guide incorporate ocean literacy principals and and education in the environment concepts. Educators will receive a copy of the guide, support comic books and resource materials to put the program into action.

Engaging Students Using Live and Virtual Sea Urchin Embryology Labs: Part 1
David Epel  depel@stanford.edu
Pam Miller, Jason Hodin
Strand: Teaching Ideas, Exploration and New Discoveries
Format: Demonstration
Audience: 6-12, College, Informal Educators
Room: Fred Farr     Handout

Sea urchins provide fascinating opportunities to investigate core biological principals and apply scientific methodology. Use of this material is now simplified: gametes can be ordered for live classroom labs, eliminating the need to obtain and maintain live urchins. Biologists at Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station will allow participants to observe live fertilization of eggs and embryonic development. Inquiry-based sea urchin labs (see www.stanford.edu/group/Urchin ) will be introduced that make use of current research and coordinate with state and national science standards. Part 2 follows with an introduction of our virtual lab resources on urchins and other marine biological topics.

Facing Widespread Misconceptions About the Ocean
Bob Stewart  stewart@ocean.tamu.edu
Mare Timmons, David Nadeau
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: 3-12, Informal Educators
Room: Heather    Presentation

All textbooks, not just ocean textbooks, have errors that propagate common misconceptions. Because they are common, we tend not to notice the errors. In our workshop we will explore some of the widespread misconceptions about the ocean. All the following statements are wrong. Can you spot the errors? 1) About half the oxygen in the atmosphere does come from marine phytoplankton. 2) Coriolis force causes currents to turn to the right in the northern hemisphere. 3) The deep circulation is driven by sinking of cold, dense water at high latitudes. 4) Sunlight warms the atmosphere and drives the atmospheric circulation. 5) Most oceanographers go to sea and scuba dive.

Marine Education Resources from NOAA Fisheries in the Northwest
Deborah McArthur  deborah.mcarthur@noaa.gov
Casey Ralston
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: PreK-12, Informal Educators
Room: Acacia

Join NOAA Fisheries Educators from the Pacific Northwest to learn about regional curricula and a new online resource. We will exchange ideas of how NOAA can best meet educator's needs. Each participant will receive a DVD of materials.

Tuesday 11:00 - 11:45 a.m.

Can't Take the Heat?
Christopher Petrone  petrone@vims.edu
Vicki P. Clark, Dawn Sherwood
Strand: Teaching Ideas, Exploration and New Discoveries
Format: Hands-on
Audience: 6-12, College, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Triton    Handout    PowerPoint

Why does coffee take so long to cool down? Why is ocean water sometimes the warmest when the average daily air temperature starts to drop? How can buoys help us explore these questions? In this session by the Bridge and COSEE-NOW, participants will explore the concept of heat capacity and its effects on our daily lives. We will work through a classroom-tested activity that uses online resources and ocean observing system data to investigate why water acts as a thermal buffer and the practical applications this has. Participants will receive resources and information on integrating observing systems into their curricula.

Preparing a Team to Excel at the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB®)
Kathleen Meehan Coop  kmeehancoop@oceanleadership.org
Christine Hodgdon, Allison Byrd
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Roundtable discussion
Audience: 6-12, College, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Nautilus

Why do some schools always excel at STEM competitions? And why does their continued status as an elite team foster the competitive spirit in some teams, while it drives others away from competition? NOSB wants to facilitate a discussion with coaches, regional coordinators and educators on how to ensure continued student excitement and team involvement in NOSB and other STEM competitions. We will share teaching ideas and strategies for studying and preparing for the competition, as well as suggestions for coach mentoring. There will also be discussion on how to enhance the current NOSB competition format to support more team diversity.

Student Stewardship: Informing Communities about Proper Disposal of Unwanted Medicine
Robin Goettel  goettel@illinois.edu
Terri Hallesy
Strand: Inspiration and Empowerment, Conservation and Sustainability
Format: Hands-on
Audience: 6-12, Informal Educators
Room: Surf and Sand    Handout 1, Handout 2

Prescription drug use is on the rise. When medicines expire, people often flush or throw them away. This can contaminate waterways, harming fish and other aquatic wildlife. Join educators from Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant in hands-on activities used to teach high school-aged students and 4-H youth about ways to improve water quality. Students share messages through stewardship projects that will help people understand proper ways to dispose of medications, reduce identification theft, and protect our waters. Participants will also receive a CD containing Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant's "Disposal of Unwanted Medicines" toolkit, which contains the latest information on this conservation issue

Expanding Oceans: Rising Sea Levels Associated with Climate Change
Emily Tozzi  emilyt@aquariumofthebay.com
Carrie Chen
Strand: Conservation and Sustainability, Inspiration and Empowerment, Teaching Ideas
Format: Hands-on
Audience: 6-12
Room: Marlin

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges that we are facing today. One effect of climate change, rising sea levels, is often dismissed as an abstract future inconvenience. FutureSeaLevel.org is a collaborative project that combines art and science that simply illustrates scientists' sea level rise predictions AND is available for anyone to use. If you have a building, simple structure or even a wall, you can teach your students about climate change. Aquarium of the Bay staff will lead participants through a stimulating activity that educators can use to demonstrate the causes and impacts of sea level rise, locally and globally. The activity concludes with discussing simple ways that students can reduce their carbon footprints. By signing a Future Sea Level pledge, your students can make a commitment to help reduce the impacts of climate change.

Marine Education Research: Joining the Conversation with Innovative Strategies
Diane Sweeney  dsweeney@dolphinquest.org
Strand: Exploration and New Discoveries
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: PreK-12, College, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Dolphin    Handout 1, Handout 2, Handout 3

As educators and scientists, we're a curious bunch, yet research that addresses the what and how in marine education is extremely limited. This presentation will discuss innovative methods of gathering data to answer questions about learning in classrooms and in out-of-school settings using examples from the literature and from the author's recent dissertation research on learning through interacting with dolphins. Participants will explore pertinent questions and creative strategies for conducting education research in their own marine and aquatic education settings, from pre-school through adult ed. and in aquariums. It's time for marine educators to join the research conversation!

A Virtual Experience with Real Microbial Data
Miriam Sutton  msutt@coastalnet.com
Strand: Exploration and New Discoveries, Partnerships and Collaborations, Teaching Ideas
Format: Web or video
Audience: 6-12 College, Informal Educators
Room: Sanderling    Handout

What are microbes telling scientists about Earth's past, present, and future? This session will take participants on a virtual "at-sea" research experience to understand the technology used and the scientific findings revealed through microbial research in our oceans. Real scientific data will be accessed and instructional resources will be demonstrated to assist educators in understanding the scientific processes incorporated to extract microbial data from the sea. Sample activities will also be demonstrated and a resource handout will be available.

Developing Six Rotating Exhibits for Gulf of Mexico-Coastal Ecosystem Learning Centers
Sharon Walker  sharon.walker@usm.edu
Sheila Brown
Strand: Partnerships and Collaborations, Conservation and Sustainability, Inspiration and Empowerment
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: PreK-12, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Curlew    Handout

This presentation will share successful funding methods and the process involved in collaboratively developing constructing and implementing six rotating exhibits for Coastal Ecosystem Learning Centers within the Gulf of Mexico over a three-year timeframe. Funding for this collaborative effort is being derived from NOAA-Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System and EPA-Gulf of Mexico Program. The rotating exhibits will focus on the Gulf of Mexico Alliance Priority Issues, i.e., Coastal Community Resiliency, Improved Water Quality for Healthy Beaches, Reduction of Nutrient Impacts to Coastal Ecosystems, Identification and Characterization of Habitats Environmental Education and Wetland and Coastal Conservation and Restoration.

Surfing, Sewage and Science - A Case Study Presented as an Online Educational Resource
Cynthia Cudaback  cynthia.cudaback@gmail.com
Strand: Conservation and Sustainability, Exploration and New Discoveries, Teaching Ideas
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: 6-12, College
Room: Evergreen

In July, 1999, the State of California established beach cleanliness laws, and a popular beach closed for two months. A nearby sewage outfall was the prime suspect. How would you figure out whether the outfall was to blame, and what would you do about it? Students work through the scientific, regulatory and policy issues involved in a decision about upgrading a coastal sewage outfall. They learn to interpret complex scientific data, discuss the role of science in policy and also reflect on their own decision-making processes. I will share an online educational resource, suitable for undergraduates and high school seniors.

Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading: Integrating Science and Literacy at the Elementary Level
Catherine Halversen  chalver@berkeley.edu
Emily Weiss
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Hands-on
Audience: PreK-5
Room: Kiln

Learn about a new integrated science and literacy program from the Lawrence Hall of Science's GEMS and MARE programs, that is designed for the 21st-century classroom. Science and literacy standards are addressed simultaneously, supporting findings that students learn more science when inquiry is supported by reading and writing. This workshop features Shoreline Science for grades 2-3 and will introduce a brand-new unit for grades 4-5, Aquatic Ecosystems. Come join us to find out more about this integrated curriculum and delve into the non-fiction student readers specifically designed as an integral part of these units.

Improving Ocean Literacy: Findings from Largest Public Opinion Survey
Jim Hekkers
Strand: Reaching New Audiences, Conservation and Sustainability, Partnerships and Collaborations
Format: Lecture
Audience: Informal Educators
Room: Oak Shelter

The Ocean Project advances ocean conservation in partnership with aquariums, zoos, and museums around the world. With thanks to NOAA's Environmental Literacy Grants program in 2008 we conducted a groundbreaking survey - the largest ever of Americans on any environmental issue - with findings that will help the entire ocean community connect more effectively with the public. The new findings will be helpful in identifying new ways of building a more ocean literate society that takes personal interest in conserving the ocean. We will provide an overview of the findings and an update on our entire research and action initiative.

Engaging Students Using Live and Virtual Sea Urchin Embryology Labs: Part 2
David Epel  depel@stanford.edu
Pam Miller, Jason Hodin
Strand: Teaching Ideas, Conservation and Sustainability
Format: Web or video
Audience: 6-12, College, Informal Educators
Room: Fred Farr

Biologists at Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station will demonstrate a web-based virtual labs project, supporting understanding of central biology concepts and promoting lab skill development. Inquiry-based lab experiences -difficult to conduct within typical classroom settings- become possible on the web. The Virtual Urchin NSF project (virtualurchin.stanford.edu) complements our live fertilization and embryology support materials (see Part 1 of this presentation), providing an interactive website for classroom and independent lab experiences. Modules include Microscopy Tutorials, Fertilization with interactive lab bench experiments, Anatomy, Predation and Ocean Acidification. We will also introduce our global warming resources relating to Pacific salmon migration (esi.stanford.edu).

There's a Manatee in my Classroom!
Maia McGuire  mpmcg@ufl.edu
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: PreK-12, Informal Educators
Room: Heather    Handout 1, Handout 2, Handout 3, Handout 4, Handout 5, Handout 6, Handout 7, Handout 8

Elementary school teachers in Florida feel that they do not have time to teach science because of pressure to teach language arts and math for standardized tests. I wanted to show teachers and administrators that science can be taught while addressing other standards. Thirty- to 60-minute long classroom presentations were developed for grades K-5 using the manatee as the theme, and incorporating language arts, math and science standards. A manatee mascot visits the schools as part of the program. Curricula and pre-/post-activities will be shared. Curriculum could be adapted to other regionally-appropriate species.

S.M.A.R.T. Parties (Science, Math, and Readers' Theatre)
Elizabeth Turner  turner.liz@gmail.com
Strand: Teaching Ideas, Inspiration and Empowerment
Format: Hands-on
Audience: PreK-12, Informal Educators
Room: Acacia    Handout

Science, Math, and Readers' Theatre (S.M.A.R.T.) is the interdisicplinary foundation of a grass roots family literacy project from Galveston, Texas. S.M.A.R.T. seamlessly integrates children's literature with science and math inquiry-based instruction. The project motivates children to read by keeping it fun. The stories, all with accompanying activities, range from the whimsical to the inspirational. Incidentally, S.M.A.R.T. survived Hurricane Ike and is playing a major role in providing books to children in the region during the post-Ike recovery period.

Tuesday 2:30 - 3:15 p.m.

Science on the Leading Edge (SOLE) Connects with NEPTUNE Canada.
Anne Stewart  astewart@bms.bc.ca
Strand: Reaching New Audiences, Conservation and Sustainability, Exploration and New Discoveries
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: 6-12, Informal Educators
Room: Triton

SOLE dives into educational, scientific and cultural connections off the west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada. Lesson plans for upper elementary and high school ecology and earth science, empower teachers and students to interact with real data and imagery from the deep (NEPTUNE Canada, Geological Survey of Canada and UNAVCO) and to validate different ways of knowing through First Nations traditional ecological knowledge (Huu-ay-aht and Hesquiaht First Nations). This lecture based-presentation will also include hands-on components and materials for teachers.

Designing Middle School Curricula for Monitoring Coastal Invasive Species in Maine
David Guay  dguay1@une.edu
Strand: Teaching Ideas, Reaching New Audiences, Partnerships and Collaborations
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: 6-12, College, Administrators, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Surf and Sand

Service-based projects provide opportunities for students to learn key skills while providing their community with knowledge or services. Bowdoin College runs a coastal science institute to encourage using human impacts on coastal and marine environments as a tool for teaching middle school students in Maine. Teams of teachers participate in an immersive institute studying aquatic invasive species and developing classroom and field exercises to meet their curricula and state learning standards. Two successful programs are highlighted: middle school students measure the abundance of invasive crab species each fall and spring at the same field location. Using a timed method, crabs in established intertidal transects are collected, identified, and measured. Results suggest that established invasive European green crabs dominate this location, while recently invasive Asian shore crabs are absent or at very low abundance. This student-led research provides valuable data for scientists tracking the spread of marine invasive species in Maine. The presentation provides information for teachers interested in developing marine/coastal project-based curriculum projects\ keys for running successful field-intensive summer teacher institutes are also discussed.

Going Green - What Does it Mean?
Tara Treiber  ttreiber@healthebay.org
Strand: Conservation and Sustainability
Format: Panel discussion
Audience: PreK-12, Administrators, Informal Educators
Room: Marlin    Handout

A roundtable discussion about what it means to "go green." How does it happen? Who do I talk to? This presentation/discussion will include practical solutions and resources from those who've already been there and done that, and can answer questions about common pitfalls and creative solutions they have come up with to move forward in being a part of the solution.

Successful Techniques for Assessing Informal Education: What Marine Educators Are Doing
Gail Luera  grl@umich.edu
Pat Pokay
Strand: Exploration and New Discoveries, Partnerships and Collaborations
Format: Panel discussion
Audience: Informal Educators
Room: Dolphin    Presentation    Handout

This session will present tools and procedures used to gather participant feedback and judge the quality of informal marine education programs. Information is based on a survey answered by informal educators at science centers and aquariums across the country who were asked, among other things, to share successful strategies for gathering participant feedback on satisfaction, content, and learning. We will share various assessments and procedures used to gather feedback and then discuss how respondents overcame common barriers in informal settings. Session participants will leave with materials and ideas they can use in their respective settings.

What Can the Integrated Ocean Observing System Offer Educators?
Amy Sprenger  asprenger@apl.washington.edu
Nora Deans, Chris Simoniello, Janice McDonnell, Amy Holt Cline, Craig Risien, Heather Kerkering, Marcie Grabowski
Strand: Exploration and New Discoveries
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: PreK-12, College, Administrators, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Sanderling    Handout 1, Handout 2, Handout 3, Handout 4

 Educators from several of the regional associations of the national Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) will introduce ocean observing systems and give an overview of the role of education and outreach in ocean observing systems. The second half of the session will be a share-a-thon for session attendees, presentations will include: stories from ocean observing systems, ocean observing systems in informal education, curriculum using ocean observing data, and professional development opportunities for bringing ocean observing into the classroom.

Rain Gardens: One Solution to Water Pollution
Karen Fuss  kfuss@coastal.edu
Strand: Partnerships and Collaborations, Conservation and Sustainability, Inspiration and Empowerment
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: PreK-12, College, Administrators, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Curlew    Presentation    Handouts

Learn how to build a rain garden at your school, home or neighborhood as a solution to stormwater runoff pollution. You'll also receive ideas and information on associated curriculum and lessons, funding sources and partnerships for this type of project. Other less expensive stormwater best management practices such as rain barrels and public outreach campaigns will also be discussed. You will leave the session with knowledge and resources to empower you to make a difference in reducing polluted runoff.

Make a "Marine Critter" Tee Shirt: A Biology Related Art/Craft Project
Michele Gill  michele892002@yahoo.com
Peter Ravdin
Strand: Teaching Ideas, Inspiration and Empowerment
Format: Demonstration
Audience: 6-12, Informal Educators
Room: Evergreen    Handout

Students will research a marine animal and present information to the class. For this presentation, they will design, create and wear their "Critter Tee Shirt". Teachers attending our session will view a step-by step demonstration and receive instruction in how to design and create "Critter Tee Shirts" with their students. A Lesson Plan for grade levels 6-12 and adults will be available. The Lesson Plan includes: related vocabulary, a list of possible content for the students' reports, directions for creating the shirts, a materials list with costs, Trouble Shooting hints, and Extension Activities. Teachers will also receive a sample transfer to iron onto fabric.

Explore Monterey Bay Sanctuary with the Voices of the Bay Fisheries Education Curriculum
Sabrina Beyer  sabrina.Beyer@noaa.gov
Lisa Uttal, Seaberry Nachbar
Strand: Teaching Ideas, Conservation and Sustainability
Format: Hands-on
Audience: 6-12, Informal Educators
Room: Kiln

Join the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in launching their new Voices of the Bay fisheries education curriculum. Designed for grades 8-12 and community college educators, this interdisciplinary and national, state and ocean literacy standards-based curriculum brings commercial fisheries to the classroom through three activities. Join us for an interactive demonstration of the first module, "Balance in the Bay", which introduces students to the concept of sustainable fishing and thinking critically around a resource management issue through a simulated Monterey Bay squid fishing activity. We will also highlight the second module, "From Ocean to Table" where students track the costs involved in bringing seafood from the ocean to the dinner plate, as well as a third module, "Capturing the Voices of the Bay", which teaches students to prepare and conduct interviews with members of the local fishing community in order to capture their unique stories and knowledge. Discover how these activities can be adapted to your teaching area!

AquaVan - Lessons Learned from 15 Years of Outreach
Eriko Arai  eriko.arai@vanaqua.org
Strand: Reaching New Audiences, Teaching Ideas
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: Administrators, Informal Educators
Room: Oak Shelter

The Vancouver Aquarium's AquaVan program turns 15 this year, after having successfully reached over 370,000 participants across two provinces. This unique 32' long truck carries live intertidal animals and brings innovative conservation learning into classrooms. Road trips can be as long as 6 weeks, and allows the Aquarium to reach students who may otherwise never visit the Aquarium. It is unique in North America for its wide geographic reach. To ensure continued success, a new custom vehicle was built this past spring. Learn more about the logistics and resources required to transfer this successful model to your organization.

Discover and Help Shape Estuarine Educational Resources offered by the NERRS
Tina OConnell  tina.oconnell@noaa.gov
Sarah Ferner
Strand: Teaching Ideas, Conservation and Sustainability, Exploration and New Discoveries
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: 6-12, Informal Educators
Room: Fred Farr

Did you know that the National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) - a network of protected areas across coastal states - offers estuarine educational products and programs for students, teachers, and the public? The NERRS protects and studies one million acres of estuarine land and water and provides K-12 education opportunities, from hands-on field experiences for students to professional teacher development opportunities. Come learn about these special estuaries, take new ideas back to your classroom, and help us shape the new middle school curriculum that you and other teachers across the nation can use!

Don't Dump in My Ocean: Outreach to Reduce Aquarium Releases
Linda Walters  pesacks@earthlink.net
Susan Zaleski, George Zaleski, Suzie Caffery, Diahn Escue, Grace Nimnualrat, Anne Marie Wotkyns, Paul Sacks, Linda Chilton
Strand: Teaching Ideas, Conservation and Sustainability, Reaching New Audiences
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: PreK-12, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Heather

We held a workshop in the Florida Keys to provide teachers with the opportunity to create age-appropriate educational/outreach materials on the problems with releasing unwanted aquarium organisms into coastal waters. We will showcase our new books: A New Home for an Old Friend for PreK - 2nd grade and Fish Invaders at Gypsy Point: Katie and George Learn about Alternatives to Aquarium Dumping for 3rd-5th grades. Additionally, we will share associated lesson plans for PreK - 2nd grade and reading passages developed for middle/high school classrooms. Funded by USFWS, lionfish and Caulerpa taxifolia are used as case studies in all products.

Ocean Exploration Onboard the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer through a Virtual Learning Community
Paula Keener-Chavis  paula.keener-chavis@noaa.gov
Susan Haynes
Strand: Exploration and New Discoveries
Format: Demonstration
Audience: 3-12, College, Administrators, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Acacia

Visit the new Ocean Exploration Virtual Learning Community and explore new education resources and learn about others under development for the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, America's first ship dedicated to ocean exploration. These resources are being developed based on input provided during an Education Forum held last summer. The Forum was attended by experts representing professional development in informal/formal education, higher education, and underrepresented/underserved communities and focused on using real-time data and learning with new media in virtual environments. The goal of the Forum was to develop building blocks for a five-year education program for the Okeanos Explorer.

Taking Ocean Exploration to the International Level
Melissa Ryan  melissa.oceantechnology@gmail.com
Peter Tuddenham, Tina Bishop
Strand: Reaching New Audiences, Partnerships and Collaborations, Teaching Ideas
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: 3-12, College, Administrators, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Scripps

The non-profit Ocean Technology Foundation received a grant from NOAA's Office of Ocean Exploration (OE) to promote the OE curriculum to an international audience in Portugal and other European countries. Three teacher workshops were held in Portugal to assess the effectiveness of using NOAA educational materials, which were translated into Portuguese, in the classroom. This presentation will explore the challenges and cultural differences that were encountered in bringing Ocean Exploration topics and resources to a global audience.

Aquatic Ecosystem Math: A Series of Projects to Integrate Math Instruction
Bob Jakus  bobjakus2@sbcglobal.net
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: 6-12, College, Administrators, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Toyon    Presentation

Instructional ideas are presented in a structured sequence suitable for use as an integrated yearlong math/science curriculum, revolving around sixteen major aquatic ecosystem projects. This presentation features activities that cultivate student abilities to construct, maintain, analyze, and design, various components of aquatic ecosystems, as vehicles by which integration of math and science is accomplished. Supplementary activities, resources, and suggestions for discussion include: resources teachers may use to incorporate drama, literature, art, history, geography, music, multicultural activities, cooperative and inquiry-based learning, hands-on activities, creative assessments, differentiation, co-teaching, grant opportunities, state goal alignment, STEM, and more. A sample student project is included.

Tuesday 3:30 - 4:15 p.m.

America's Northern Exposure: Teaching Climate Change Matters from Alaska
Laurie Stuart  laurie_stuart@alaskasealife.org
Strand: Reaching New Audiences, Conservation and Sustainability, Teaching Ideas
Format: Demonstration
Audience: PreK-12, Informal Educators
Room: Triton

Alaska's experiences and management policies are on the front line of the climate change conversation. The Alaska SeaLife Center is reaching out to classrooms across North America with programs that teach students critical thinking skills and show them that they are connected to Alaska, no matter where they live. Through video conferences that address national academic standards, our educators draw on current research, cultural anecdotes, and wildlife observations to engage students in productive discussions regarding climate change and our national reactions to it. This presentation also focuses on successful, interactive video conference teaching techniques.

Transport of Marine Debris by Surface Ocean Currents
Kimberley Weersing  weersing@hawaii.edu
Strand: Conservation and Sustainability
Format: Web or video. Please bring your laptop to this session.
Audience: 6-12
Room: Surf and Sand    Handout

Plastic marine debris is an emergent, globally significant issue that impacts both ocean ecology and economics. We present an exciting lesson to engage students in studying the production and dispersal of marine refuse through an environmental forensics activity. Students are challenged with the task of identifying the source of an item of marine debris using OSCURS, an online ocean surface current model developed by NOAA researchers. Students learn how ocean physics drive the distribution of marine debris and are encouraged to reflect on how their lifestyle choices and actions on land can have important consequences for marine ecosystems and processes.

Interpreting Climate Change
Kristin Evans  klevans@ucsd.edu
Strand: Conservation and Sustainability
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: 3-12, Informal Educators
Room: Marlin

Climate change has hit mainstream America! Now is the time to champion climate change science and educate our audiences on why we should care and what we can do about it. In this session, Birch Aquarium will introduce current climate science, explore common misconceptions and questions, and share techniques for developing and presenting climate-related programs. Share your ideas and experiences too.

Aquarium Field Trip Programs: What's the Impact on Students?
Chris Parsons  cp@word-craft.com
Stacia Fletcher
Strand: Exploration and New Discoveries, Inspiration and Empowerment
Format: Panel discussion
Audience: 3-12, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Dolphin

During the 2008-2009 schoolyear the Monterey Bay Aquarium launched a comprehensive evaluation of its three onsite school programs: a hands-on animal discovery lab, an auditorium audiovisual presentation, and a self-guided visit. Our evaluation questions were: 1) What's the impact of a field trip on students? 2) Does participation in different programs have different impacts? This study consisted of randomly assigning 4th- and 7th-grade classes to the three programs, conducting pre/post assessments of ocean and aquarium awareness, then timing, tracking and recording school groups during their aquarium field trip. For this presentation we will discuss the evaluation study and results.

Animals in Curriculum Based Ecosystem Studies: Ocean Activities for the Classroom
Jennifer Stock  jennifer.stock@noaa.gov
Meghan Marrero EdD
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Hands-on
Audience: 6-12
Room: Sanderling

Learn how you can utilize free activities and resources that are part of the NOAA-sponsored Animals in Curriculum Based Ecosystem Studies (ACES) program, including a campus debris survey investigating sources of marine debris, activities using live animal location data, and a national water quality study where students can compare data from across the country. Walk away with materials ready for the middle or high school classroom.

B-WET Program: Grants to support Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences in the K-12 Environment
Seaberry Nachbar  seaberry.nachbar@noaa.gov
Strand: Partnerships and Collaborations
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: PreK-12
Room: Curlew    Handout

The NOAA Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program is an environmental education program that supports locally relevant experiential learning in the K-12 environment through competitive grants. Funds are available for applicants in the Monterey area (Santa Cruz, San Mateo, Santa Clara, San Benito and San Luis Obispo counties), San Francisco area (San Francisco, Alameda, Marin and Contra Costa counties) and Santa Barbara area (Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties). Approximately $2,000,000 in funds is available for a variety of expenses to conduct programming, including: buses, stipends, travel, substitutes, equipment, and professional evaluators.

LIVE! Teachers at Sea
Nora Deans  Nora.Deans@nprb.org
Sharon Cooper
Strand: Exploration and New Discoveries
Format: Web or Video
Audience: PreK-12, Informal Educators
Room: Evergreen

Chat live with fellow educators aboard two different scientific research vessels as part of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership’s School of Rock and NOAA’s Teacher at Sea programs. The 2009 School of Rock will be on the newly renovated JOIDES Resolution on the Juan de Fuca ridge and will host teachers from around the nation. The NOAA program is sponsoring SWMEA member, Mark McKay aboard the KNORR as part of the Bering Sea climate change project. We will interface live with these vessels and teachers, where you can find out more about life at sea and the research done there! Come learn about how you can be a part of future cruises and receive classroom activities and links to on-line resources.

From Our Backyard to Yours - An Inland State's Approach to Teaching Aquatic and Marine Sciences
P. Leeann Wampler  leeannwampler@hotmail.com
Gail Stanley
Strand: Teaching Ideas. Conservation and Sustainability
Format: Hands-on
Audience: 3-5
Room: Kiln

This session will focus on an inland state's approach to connecting aquatic and marine sciences through hands-on and inquiry based learning for elementary and middle school students. Learn more about NIMBios- The National Institute of Mathematical and Biological Synthesis preK-12 outreach program which includes Biology in the Box developed at the University of Tennessee by Dr. Susan Riechert. Activities will focus on teaching math, biology, conservation, stewardship, and the connection that inland students have to the ocean. Create foldables, participate in a food lab, and examine the Biology in a Box curriculum. Join us for classroom-ready activities and door prizes!

Latino Environmental Education Network
Joy Hazell  hazellje@leegov.com
Strand: Reaching New Audiences, Conservation and Sustainability, Partnerships and Collaborations
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: Administrators, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Oak Shelter    Handout 1, Handout 2, Handout 3, Handout 4, Handout 5, Handout 6

The Latino Environmental Education Network (LEEN) promotes environmental, community and economic well-being by working to improve environmental education opportunities available to Latino communities in Southwest Florida. Cultural barriers often prevent traditional outreach programs from reaching Latino citizens. LEEN aims to overcome existing barriers by collaborating with Latino citizen groups, businesses, media outlets and organizations to deliver environmental information and promote positive stewardship actions. To further our efforts LEEN held workshops to identify Latino community leaders as future partners, to gather the educational interests of workshop participants, to connect workshop participants with informational resources, and to improve existing outreach strategy.

Educators and the Inland Seas: COSEE Great Lakes
Helen Domske  hmd4@cornell.edu
Robin G. Goettel, Kathleen Furlong
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Hands-on
Audience: 3-12, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Fred Farr

The Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence Great Lakes fosters environmental literacy combining Great Lakes and ocean information. Through three years of NSF/NOAA sponsored programming, COSEE GL has focused on partnerships and collaborations with teachers, scientists and researchers aboard the USEPA's research vessel. This session, presented by a classroom teacher and COSEE GL educators, will highlight some of these successful collaborations, as well as sharing hands-on activities based on Great Lakes topics. Participants will learn about the inland seas and receive, The Greatest of the Great Lakes, a CD of classroom tested, standard-based curriculum activities.

Inquiry Science and Teaching Strategies with M.A.R.E.
Sarah Pedemonte  spedemonte@berkeley.edu
Emily Griffen, Noelle Apostal
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Hands-on
Audience: PreK-12, Administrators, Informal Educators
Room: Heather     Handout

The MARE (Marine Activities, Resources and Education) program has been engaging whole schools in marine sciences for over 20 years! Come participate in this hands-on session featuring an inquiry-based science lesson and learn about current research-based teaching and learning theory to incorporate into your teaching practice. MARE has a unique model program, including: 1) a K-8 curriculum, correlated to the Ocean Literacy Principles and designed to help all students learn science concepts and academic language, and 2) comprehensive implementation support for teachers in their classrooms. Join us to learn more about effective teaching strategies for the science classroom.

Linking our Ocean and Climate: Learning Connections Through Hands-on Activities and Innovative Web-based Tools
Jennifer Albright  jennifer.albright@umit.maine.edu
Amy Holt Cline
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Hands-on
Audience: 3-12, College, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Acacia

COSEE-Ocean Systems has developed a suite of interactive multimedia tools that illustrate clear connections within our ocean, earth, and solar system. Our engaging website - Ocean Climate Interactive - offers educators free access to a wide variety of scientist-selected resources using a hyperlinked concept mapping tool. Come away with skills that help you see how ocean and climate concepts are linked within a concept map and enable you to use web tools to create your own unique resource. Discover a powerful way to help your students improve understanding of oceans and climate and take home a group-designed concept map.

Enhance Learning in a Public Aquarium Setting
William Hanshumaker  bill.hanshumaker@oregonstate.edu
Strand: Exploration and New Discoveries, Teaching Ideas
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: College, Administrators, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Scripps

Live animal exhibits in free-choice venues are very popular, but their educational content is generally limited to identification and other aspects on the natural history of the animals on display. Educational delivery is generally limited to static graphic and text panels. This presentation will highlight aquarium design research conducted in the Visitor Center of the Hatfield Marine Science Center. Three aquarium design environments (static graphics, video loop, and interactive PIT tag scanner) were subjected to formative evaluation, measuring cognitive, affective and psychomotor participant outcomes. Summative evaluation was conducted for a measure of longer-term cognitive and affective outcomes.

The Ocean Sciences Curriculum Sequence: Overview and Development
Catherine Halversen  chalver@berkeley.edu
Emily Weiss
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Hands-on
Audience: 3-12, Informal Educators
Room: Toyon

We will present a new NOAA-funded curriculum, the Ocean Sciences Sequence, being developed by Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley, with the Coastal Ocean Observation Laboratory, Rutgers University. These materials will provide teachers with tools for teaching basic science and for advancing Earth systems science and ocean literacy. The materials will be: (1) grounded in current research on teaching and learning, (2) connected to national and many state standards, and the OL Scope and Sequence, and (3) field tested to ensure their effectiveness and applicability nationwide. These materials will serve as a model for development of future Earth systems materials.

Wednesday 10:00 -10:45 a.m.

EARTH: Bringing Near-Real-Time Data into the Classroom
George Matsumoto  mage@mbari.org
Strand: Teaching Ideas, Exploration and New Discoveries, Inspiration and Empowerment
Format: Panel discussion
Audience: PreK-12, College
Room: Triton    www.mbari.org/earth

This session will introduce attendees to EARTH (www.mbari.org/earth) and provide an opportunity to explore the website and interact with teachers who have helped to design the various activities posted.

Inspiring a New Generation: Ocean Science and Conservation in Underserved Communities
Jeri Lynn Nolan  jerinolan@aquaticadventures.org
Roxanne Ruzic
Strand: Reaching New Audiences, Exploration and New Discoveries, Inspiration and Empowerment
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: 3-12, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Nautilus

We will present a curriculum model and results from an evaluation study of a hands-on ocean science and conservation education program designed to engage and inspire students from underserved communities in grades three through six. The program, both classroom and field-based, reaches 2000 students each year in the highly urbanized, extremely diverse, low-income community of City Heights in San Diego, California. We will share how, working in partnership as practitioners and researchers, we have identified how and to what degree the program increases students' interest in science and commitment to conservation and what enables these outcomes to occur.

Teaching About Oceans and Human Health
Melissa Ryan  melissa.oceantechnology@gmail.com
Peter Tuddenham, Tina Bishop
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: 6-12, College, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Surf and Sand

What can a squid teach us about our nervous system? Why did a toadfish ride the space shuttle? How can substances found in marine sponges help to treat cancer? These are just some of the questions that arise when we explore the relationship between oceans and our health, which can be a fascinating theme for teaching ocean science. This session will focus on the risks and benefits of the ocean to public health, including harmful algal blooms, marine-derived medicines, and marine organisms as biomedical models. Hands-on activities will be presented.

Hot Topic: Engaging and Motivating Visitors about Climate Change
Carrie Chen  carriec@aquariumofthebay.com
Emily Tozzi
Strand: Conservation and Sustainability, Inspiration and Empowerment, Teaching Ideas
Format: Demonstration
Audience: PreK-12, Informal Educators
Room: Marlin

As climate change has become the most pressing environmental challenge of our time, museums and educators have to find new ways to communicate with our visitors and students to inspire conservation action and awareness - simply providing information is not enough. This session will showcase PG&E Bay Lab, the new climate change exhibit developed by Aquarium of the Bay which opened to the public in April 2009. This exhibit takes a unique approach to intertwining the messages related to climate change, wildlife and personal action. The session will also include demonstrations of visitor presentations that also can be used in the classroom that are a major component to the success of this exhibit.

The Coastal America Learning Center Network: What’s in it for you?
Maggy Hunter  MargaretE.Hunter@da.usda.gov
Sharon Walker, Nancee Hunter
Strand: Reaching New Audiences
Format: Panel discussion
Audience: Administrators, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Dolphin

What exactly is the Coastal America Learning Center network and who is involved? Representatives from the Learning Center network and the Coastal America National Office will be speaking about Learning Center network programs and initiatives. Find out what the network has to offer to you and and learn how you can get involved in this federal partnership to help your organization advance ocean literacy and increase ocean stewardship.

Bringing the Deep Sea to Your Classroom: Let's Dive In!
Carolyn Sheild  csheild@rcn.com
Strand: Exploration and New Discoveries, Teaching Ideas
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: 6-12, Informal Educators
Room: Sanderling     Handout

Learn how you can incorporate the study of the deep sea into your classroom or facility using the web site, Dive and Discover (http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu). You will see all that is available on this site including interactive educational modules and the opportunity to follow a research cruise as it is happening. A ''Mail Buoy'' allows students to communicate by email with scientists at sea while a cruise is on-going. Also learn about the new deep diving submersible under construction at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, which will replace Alvin. Come to this workshop to find out more!

Building New England Connections: A Model for Regional Environmental Education Focusing on Watersheds
Lauren Rader  lrader@oceanology.org
Diana L. Payne
Strand: Partnerships and Collaborations, Teaching Ideas
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: 6-12, Administrators, Informal Educators
Room: Curlew

Project Oceanology and Connecticut Sea Grant have formed a partnership with funding from NOAA's Bay-Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program. Building New England Connections (BNEC) bridges the gap between the teaching of science and the process of science. BNEC makes direct connections to marine, estuarine and aquatic environments through the use of Long Island Sound and its extensive watershed as a model system to initiate discussions of pertinent critical issues. Educational strategies implemented in BNEC include engaging teachers as adult learners, providing opportunities to: build content and pedagogical content knowledge, improve best-practice methods and integrate with district, state and national curriculum frameworks. BNEC has three components: professional development, student interaction with the environment and pre and post-experience educational opportunities for the students. Join us and find out about the early success of this program, effective professional development opportunities and NOAA's B-WET program.

WaterLife: Serious Science Games
Peg Steffen  Peg.Steffen@noaa.gov
Atziri Ibanez
Strand: Teaching Ideas, Reaching New Audiences
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: 3-12, Informal Educators
Room: Evergreen    Handout

Interactive simulations can help teachers engage digital students with science content. See how NOAA has translated estuary science into a serious game. Details: NOAA Ocean Service Education has partnered with the Computer Gaming and Simulation Program at Montgomery Community College to develop an interactive game for middle school students about coastal estuaries. The college provides young gaming talent that has developed interactive, virtual environments and NOAA has provided the science content and context. The web interface reflects cutting edge technologies in order to attract student, teacher, and family audiences for engaging and repeated interactions. This new Flash-based game supplements the recently released Estuaries 101 curriculum and creates an opportunity for every learner to develop a personal responsibility to care for the environment and emphasizes the importance of good stewardship for our oceans and coasts. Participants will be shown examples of how the game and Estuaries 101 resources may be used together or independently in classroom settings. All participants will be given free curricular materials.

Connecting Students with Science and Building Literacy through Ocean Literacy
Kanesa Duncan  kanesa@hawaii.edu
Strand: Teaching Ideas, Inspiration and Empowerment, Reaching New Audiences
Format: Hands-on
Audience: PreK-12, College, Administrators, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Kiln

An ocean literate person is not only scientifically literate but also socially and culturally literate. Important tools for students' understanding of general scientific as well as ocean-related issues include aspects of visual, language and cultural literacy. Showcased activities will highlight various facets of literacy aligned with the Ocean Literacy Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts. These activities emphasize 1) reading and writing skills, 2) visual and creative arts, and 3) cultural literacy and societal perspective. This innovative way of viewing ocean literacy is well grounded in education research and has the potential for broadening the impact of ocean literacy building efforts.

¡Youth and the Ocean! (¡YO!): An Academic Achievement and Research Program for Middle School Students
Emily Weiss  weisse@berkeley.edu
Craig Strang, Catherine Halversen, Emily Griffen
Strand: Reaching New Audiences, Partnerships and Collaborations
Format: Panel discussion
Audience: 4-9, College, Administrators, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Oak Shelter

¡YO! is an NSF-funded, multi-faceted middle school program for underrepresented students that builds overall academic capacity while providing opportunities for service learning, out of school research experiences, field trips, and family involvement in the ocean sciences. The students' academic year teachers also receive extensive professional development around the integration of science and literacy, creating a more enriched academic environment for the students. Throughout the first two years of NSF funding, ¡YO! program staff at the Lawrence Hall of Science and our partner school have established a collaborative team that supports students and families. We will explore the successes and challenges of ¡YO! as a model for building STEM programming for underrepresented students.

Ducks in the Flow: Resources about Surface Ocean Currents for the Upper Elementary Classroom
Laura Eidietis  Laura.Eidietis@hunter.cuny.edu
Dr. Sandra Rutherford
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Hands-on
Audience: 3-5, Informal Educators
Room: Fred Farr     Handout

This workshop demonstrates the Ducks in the Flow module, a science storybook and hands-on activities for grades 3-5. Examples of children's work will illustrate how to assess learning goals. The focus is surface currents, supporting Ocean Literacy Fundamental Concept 1c: Throughout the ocean there is one interconnected circulation system powered by wind In the storybook, three children near Lake Michigan investigate surface currents. This story provides context for an investigation that strengthens science process skills while integrating literacy and map reading skills. Copies of the storybook will be available, as well as a website with the activity directions.

Students Contributing to the Encyclopedia of Life
Jeff Holmes
Strand: Teaching Ideas, Exploration and New Discoveries, Partnerships and Collaborations
Format: Lecture
Audience: College, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Heather     Handout

Undergraduate students have been writing species descriptions for the Encyclopedia of Life as part of class projects and under the direction of their professors. Successfully written species accounts are published on the Encyclopedia of Life, giving students a sense of accomplishment and focus. Student feedback has been extremely positive. Professors indicate that this project meets the educational goals they have set out for their classes and that it gives them another method for engaging their students with new material in a focused way. EOL is eager to engage marine educators in this endeavor at the high school and undergraduate levels.

Marine Science: Teaching all the Sciences in one Discipline
Thomas Greene  thomasfgreene@aol.com
Strand: Teaching Ideas, Conservation and Sustainability, Exploration and New Discoveries
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: 6-12, Administrators
Room: Acacia

Marine Science is an interdisciplinary science containing subject matter in biology, chemistry, earth science and physics. A New York State approved curriculum in marine science, used in grades 6 to 12, will be presented and discussed. Participants will receive copies of the syllabus, lesson plans, labs and exams.

Teaching Tides Using a Hands-on Model
Gillian Ashenfelter  gashenfelter@lwhs.org
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Hands-on
Audience: 6-12, Informal Educators
Room: Scripps    Handout 1, Handout 2,

This workshop will present a module prepared by NOAA, AMS and the Navy to teach one aspect of the physical science of tides. It provides a hands on way of showing why tides differ in various regions of the earth, explaining the mixed semi-diurnal pattern we see in Northern California. Teachers will receive a booklet that describes the activity, has an introductory reading and assessment. The Maury project, an all expenses paid teacher professional development opportunity sponsored by the Navy, will also be discussed.

Wednesday 11:00 - 11:45 a.m.

COSEE-West Online Workshops, Marine Science Resources, Classroom Activities and You!
Lynn Whitley  lwhitley@usc.edu
Jane Lee
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Demonstration
Audience: 3-12, Administrators, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Triton     Handout 1, Handout 2, Handout 3

COSEE-West offers online workshops in a variety of styles and topics, but they all focus on bringing marine scientists and educators together to improve ocean literacy for everyone. Participants will learn about our variety of online workshops and how to access marine science content resources, articles, web links, videos, lesson plans and more. Focus will be on resources and classroom activities from our online workshops and COSEE-West. We will engage in a teacher created hands-on activity from our 2008 online workshop: Weather, Climate Change and Sea Level Rise. We invite you to come join us!

Utilizing the Climate Change Backpack to Teach about Climate Change, Science, Impacts and Solutions
Karin Jakubowski  kjakubowski@cleanair-coolplanet.org
Strand: Conservation and Sustainability
Format: Hands-on
Audience: 6-12, Informal Educators
Room: Nautilus

Today's environmental educators are responsible for preparing the next generation of climate leaders. They must teach their students about the fundamental concepts of climate change, explain the social, economic, and environmental implications of a changing climate, and raise awareness about timely solutions. While this is a huge undertaking, with the right education tools, resources and innovative strategies, this important mission is achievable. During this season we will utilize Clean Air - Cool Planet's popular Climate Change Backpack teaching tool. We will demonstrate activities, explorations, and lessons on climate change science and solutions to reduce the rate and extent of climate change. Several activities are geared towards teaching about the relationship between the ocean and its influence over the climate system.

Campaigns that Teach: Diving Deeper into Marine Debris Education
Carey Morishige  carey.morishige@noaa.gov
Strand: Conservation and Sustainability, Teaching Ideas
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: PreK-12, Informal Educators
Room: Surf and Sand

In response to a mandate from the Marine Debris Research, Prevention and Reduction Act, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Debris Program has worked with its partners to create a Web-based Educational Campaign for marine debris awareness and prevention. This campaign includes resources designed specifically for different interests, such as boating, diving, beach-going, and fishing as well as the general public. One special feature of this campaign is a marine debris curriculum designed for students K-12 that meets U.S. standards and has been field tested for inclusion in the classroom.

Climate Change and Coral Reef Ecosystems: The Heat is On!
Marci Wulff  Marci.Wulff@noaa.gov
Paulo Maurin
Strand: Conservation and Sustainability
Format: Hands-on
Audience: 3-12, Informal Educators
Room: Marlin    Handout

Coral reef ecosystems will be heavily impacted by climate change and can be used to illustrate its disastrous effects. While these remarkable ecosystems are robust enough to create structures like the Great Barrier Reef, visible from space, they can be damaged and destroyed by even small changes in the earth's climate. Join members of NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program to learn how to use satellite data to understand and predict coral bleaching events as well as participate in hands-on activities which help learners understand the structure and biology of corals and why they are so vulnerable to climate change. Teachers will receive free educational materials, including lesson plans and multimedia, to help cover this topic in their classrooms.

Getting to Know Rachel Carson
Tara Treiber  ttreiber@healthebay.org
Strand: Inspiration and Empowerment
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: 3-12, College, Informal Educators
Room: Dolphin    Handout

Rachel Carson was a pioneer scientist, writer, environmentalist, and educator. The reverberations of her work are still being felt today. Yet many people are unfamiliar with the woman behind the book "Silent Spring." Come learn about an amazing woman, a rigorous scientist, a passionate educator, an inspired writer, and a vivid environmental leader. Lessons and activity suggestions will be included.

Problem-Based Learning in Ocean Science Classes
John Peters  petersj@cofc.edu
Strand: Teaching Ideas, Conservation and Sustainability
Format: Hands-on
Audience: 6-12, College
Room: Sanderling

This interactive workshop will introduce you to Problem-Based Learning (PBL), a methodology that teaches ocean science concepts from the perspective of engaging, real-world issues which are relevant to our student's lives as citizens of planet earth. In PBL, the starting point for learning is a controversial issue that requires the exploration of ocean science concepts to fully understand the facets of the problem and ultimately generate proposals for workable solutions. Workshop participants will explore pedagogical techniques used in PBL by participating in the initial stages of resolving a problem entitled "Who Owns the Geritol Solution: Bioengineering the Oceans to Combat Global Warming." Resources for finding and developing ocean science problems, common implementation pitfalls, and research into the effect of PBL on student learning will also be shared.

Creating Partnerships that Work: A Real World Example of an Aquarium-School Partnership
Elizabeth Keenan  lkeenan@lbaop.org
Dave Bader
Strand: Partnerships and Collaborations, Reaching New Audiences
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: PreK-12, Administrators, Informal Educators
Room: Curlew

In 2005, the Aquarium of the Pacific launched a science-education partnership with Cesar Chavez Elementary, a local inner city school. The goal of the partnership was to augment science education at Chavez. While this partnership has had its own unique challenges, numerous insights and lessons for partnerships have been gained. These include the need to integrate science learning into core curricula and secure teacher buy-in while recognizing the importance of providing disadvantaged students and parents with appropriate success stories and role models. This session will focus on lessons learned and provide a real world example of a partnership in progress.

Using Real-Time Data to Teach the Complex Story of the Hood Canal Fish Kills
Jonathan Kellogg  kellogj@u.washington.edu
Wendy Lane, Colleen Kellogg
Strand: Teaching Ideas, Conservation and Sustainability
Format: Hands-on
Audience: 6-12, Informal Educators
Room: Evergreen    Handout

Hood Canal, Washington is a terminal fjord which has recently experienced many fish kills. These massive die offs have been due to many factors including eutrophication and slow estuarine circulation and are correlated with fall wind storms initiating seiche oscillations. The complex dynamics of this basin are currently being researched by the University of Washington and citizen monitoring groups utilizing observations and real-time moorings. This lesson uses online data to give students an understanding of Hood Canal circulation and the greater impacts of eutrophication. Educators will leave this seminar with materials to teach this lesson successfully.

Our Oceans, Ourselves: Teaching about Human Impacts on Marine Ecosystems
J. Padgett Kelly  jpkelly@mtsu.edu
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Hands-on
Audience: 6-12, Informal Educators
Room: Kiln     Handout

There is mounting evidence that the size of the world's human population, its activities, and the extent of its technological advancements are overwhelming the ocean's resources. In this hands-on, interdisciplinary workshop, the presenter will explore a number of modern human impacts on the ocean, including overfishing, pollution, coral reef destruction, climate change, and coastal degradation. Participants will engage in a variety of hands-on activities that promote students' ocean literacy and understanding of human ecology. Everyone will receive a new oceans lesson plan of readings and activities appropriate for the classroom and informal education setting.

What's New with COSEEs: Recently Funded COSEE Collaboration Projects
Elizabeth Day-Miller  bethday-miller@comcast.net
Leslie Smint, Jim Lubner, Amy Glaub Sprenger, Craig Strang, Lisa Rom
Strand: Reaching New Audiences, Inspiration and Empowerment, Partnerships and Collaborations
Format: Panel discussion
Audience: PreK-12, College, Administrators, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Oak Shelter

NSF's COSEE program recently funded five New Collaborations with Existing Centers. A representative will introduce each project and update its progress. Collaborations encompass various activities including: spreading the Communicating Ocean Sciences courses to new audiences in the Pacific, using Ocean Literacy Principles and data to create an entry level secondary school ocean science course, increasing educator and public awareness of critical environmental conditions affecting the Great Lakes, bringing ocean sciences to inland audiences and making it relevant to their lives, and creating, promoting, and providing ocean-research field experiences and mutual learning opportunities for diverse audiences who care about the oceanic environment.

Schoolmasters -- Fishing for Standards
Dawn Miller-Walker  dwalker@eco-tan.org
Jay Walker
Strand: Teaching Ideas, Conservation and Sustainability
Format: Hands-on
Audience: 3-12, Informal Educators
Room: Fred Farr     Handout 1, Handout 2, Handout 3

Hungry? Want to hold a world record? Love a thrill? No matter what, fishing is fun! People fish for many reasons. Come see how you can use fishing to entice students to learn about math, science, reading, history, social studies and physical education. Turn your little fry into full grown schoolmasters (Lutjanus apodus)! Learn to Fish Forever and how to conserve Fish Forever.

The Carolina Gold Rush
EV Bell  elizabeth.vernon@scseagrant.org
Kattie McMillan, Donald Sweeper
Strand: Teaching Ideas, Conservation and Sustainability
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: 6-12, Informal Educators
Room: Heather

Southeastern tidal creeks and wetlands have provided a lifeline for human settlement for thousands of years -- ranging from American Indians, to colonial America, to present day cities and towns. During the colonial period, wetlands and tidal creeks were drastically altered for the profitable cultivation of rice - or Carolina Gold - as it was called in South Carolina. Join us explore southeastern wetland and tidal ecosystems: their inherent value, methods of habitat alteration for the purpose of rice cultivation including rice trunks and enslaved African labor, and the fate of these rice impoundments today. Rice trunks, the method used to flood rice fields, will be discussed and a model will be used for demonstrations. As an educational extension, lesson plans and activities will be demonstrated to show how rice trunks can be used to teach concepts such as density, tides and simple mechanics. Instructions on how to build your very own rice trunk will be provided!

Making Connections with Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures
Andrea Swensrud  aswensrud@kqed.org
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Demonstration
Audience: 3-12, Informal Educators
Room: Acacia

Take your students on a journey with Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures! No matter where you live, you can connect your students with the ocean through dynamic video and engaging educational resources. Through an exploration of the free videos, lessons and activities available on the PBS website of Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures, learn ways to easily and effectively integrate multimedia into your classroom to help teach important ocean literacy concepts. Discover techniques for engaging students in active viewing of media while they learn about the themes of adaptations, ecosystems and human impact on the environment.

Reaching Culturally Diverse African Communities from an Aquarium's Environmental Education Centre
Russell Stevens  russell.stevens@aquarium.co.za
Strand: Reaching New Audiences, Teaching Ideas
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: College, Administrators, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Toyon

In the 1990's South African communities rewrote history books recording the unifying of culturally diverse people. Fifteen years later, this nation is challenged on many fronts with many initiatives requiring support to its culturally diverse population. One such front is Environmental Education, and in particular education to people within marine environments. The Two Oceans Aquarium has, together with numerous partners, developed strategies to face the challenges. These include interacting with communities who have upheld false unsustainable cultural beliefs\to communities with students planning to study marine science and to those who have had no exposure to coastal environments. Strategies applied include recruiting and training a culturally diverse staff, developing teaching resources and applying a range of teaching mythologies to connect with a variety of communities. This paper will illustrate how, out of these strategies, training programmes and new methodologies have evolved that have greatly assisted the Two Oceans Aquarium to reach new audiences.

The RESTOR Project: Engaging Students and Teachers in Science through Research-Based Community Environmentalism
Monique Myers  moniquemyers@gmail.com
Strand: Inspiration and Empowerment, Conservation and Sustainability, Teaching Ideas
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: 6-12, College, Administrators, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Scripps

People are passionate about environmental topics, particularly when there are repercussions to the local community. Involving students and teachers in local environmental issues through scientific research and hands-on/outdoor education has multiple benefits. By participating in research and other science-based activities surrounding a local issue, students likely have an emotional tie and stronger interest in the project. This type of education encourages students to take ownership of their environment and may empower them to become involved in science professions and environmental activities. This presentation describes the Research and Education for Students and Teachers about the Ormond Beach Wetland Restoration (RESTOR) Project, an environmental education project for middle school teachers and students focused on a local wetland restoration project and superfund site.

Wednesday 1:30 - 2:15 p.m.

Extremophiles in the Classroom: Exploring Life in Ice
Colleen Kellogg  ctebean@u.washington.edu
Heather Snookal
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Hands-on
Audience: 6-12, Informal Educators
Room: Triton    Handouts

Extremophiles are organisms that thrive in physically or geochemically extreme conditions normally detrimental to the majority of life on Earth. The ocean is filled with extremophiles, if you know where to look. Understanding their adaptations and existence on earth is crucial to our understanding of the limits of, and possibly the origin of, life on our planet. To deliver this message to high school environmental science students, we developed a lesson addressing adaptations needed to survive in extreme environments, with a focus on life in polar environments. Educators will leave this seminar with materials needed introduce their students to extremophiles.

Marine Debris: Trashing Our Waterways
Angela Bliss  acbliss@uga.edu
Maia McGuire, Paul Medders, Lundie Spence
Strand: Conservation and Sustainability
Format: Hands-on
Audience: 6-12, Informal Educators
Room: Surf and Sand

To help spread the word about the harmful effects of marine debris, a partnership of federal and state agencies from Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina worked together and produced "The Educator's Guide to Marine Debris". Come join some of the collaborators from COSEE SE, Florida Sea Grant, and GA Department of Natural Resources for this interactive session to learn more about how they are trying to spread the word on marine debris.

Classrooms Releasing Live Species into our Waters: A Study to Reduce Risks of Invasive Species Introduction
Robin Goettel  goettel@illinois.edu
Helen Domske
Strand: Conservation and Sustainability, Exploration and New Discoveries, Partnerships and Collaborations
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: PreK-12, Administrators, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Marlin

The distribution and use of live organisms by biological supply houses and schools is an important, but not well-understood pathway for the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS). Sometimes these organisms are released into the wild by well intentioned teachers or students. Join us to hear the latest results from a nationally-funded Sea Grant project on how these practices contribute to AIS spread. Learn how findings from our teacher survey and curriculum coordinator interviews will be used to launch an outreach/education campaign to inform teachers, curriculum specialists, and biological supply houses on best practices to prevent these introductions.

Pharmacy From the Sea
Tara Treiber  ttreiber@healthebay.org
Strand: Exploration and New Discoveries, Conservation and Sustainability, Reaching New Audiences
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: 6-12, College, Informal Educators
Room: Dolphin

The ocean is a source of recreation, food and inspiration. Many people are unaware of its bounty as a source of medicines and treatments for what ails us. Several leading cancer medicines and anti-virals are derived from marine creatures. Come learn about man's medicinal history with the sea, possible future solutions it may hold, and lesson plans to bring it all to life in the classroom. The ocean as a pharmacy is one more weapon in our arsenal for moving people to fight for the future of our ocean.

Carnival of the Blue: An Ocean of Blogging and New Media for Marine Science
Rick Macpherson  rmacpherson@coral.org
Jason Robertshaw
Strand: Exploration and New Discoveries
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: PreK-12, College, Administrators, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Sanderling

From the depths of the oceans to the tops of the waves, scientists, students and many others are using blogs, podcasts and other new media to raise awareness of ocean issues. This communication revolution allows for real-time conversations and discovery. This session explores the emerging environment of ocean blogging and shows how you can get on board. Case studies of building understanding through new media at the intersection of science, education, and conservation will be examined. Join us for a lively and interactive session and explore the virtual frontier of ocean education.

Ocean Scientists' Role in Education: A Five-Year Study
Chris Parsons  cp@word-craft.com
Janice McDonnell, Sage Lichtenwalner
Strand: Partnerships and Collaborations, Exploration and New Discoveries
Format: Panel discussion
Audience: PreK-12, College, Administrators, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Curlew

Since 2004 COSEE-NOW team members have conducted an annual ocean scientists survey to understand scientists' K-12 education involvement, practices and needs. In keeping with the COSEE goal of supporting the interactions between scientists and educators, this presentation offers a summary of five years of results and highlights differences in responses between current ocean scientists and graduate students, our future scientists. COSEE-NOW (Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence - Networked Ocean World) is funded by the National Science Foundation.

New High School Lesson Plans for Earth, Life, and Physical Science Classes
Sarah Ferner  daviess@sfsu.edu
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Hands-on
Audience: 6-12, Informal Educators
Room: Evergreen

Participants will feel the excitement of solving an authentic scientific question using real research and data as we work through one of the lesson plans that make up the National Estuarine Research Reserve's new "Estuaries 101" curriculum. Curriculum modules feature hands-on learning, experiments, and data explorations to teach content and skills required by the science standards. At the end of the workshop teachers will take home copies of the Earth, Life, or Physical Science curriculum module, suggestions from educators who have already used the modules, and the inspiration, knowledge, and confidence to effectively use estuarine data in their classrooms.

Running a Youth Volunteer Program: The Challenges and Rewards
Molly Russell  russellm@tmmc.org
Strand: Conservation and Sustainability
Format: Lecture
Audience: Informal Educators
Room: Kiln

The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, CA might just be the only place in the U.S. that allows youth volunteers (14-18) to have hands on contact with marine mammals. With immense program growth in the last two years our youth volunteers are sharp, passionate and extremely dedicated. I will showcase some of the youth, their daily challenges and rewards as they give their time to better the ocean environment. With the grand opening of The Marine Mammal Center’s new facility and the birth of a youth docent group this summer is shaping up to be an exciting one.

One Ocean, One Future, One Kid at a Time
Lisa Cook  lisa.w.cook@gmail.com
Joel Simonetti
Strand: Reaching New Audiences, Inspiration and Empowerment, Partnerships and Collaborations
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: 3-12
Room: Oak Shelter

Over the last decade globalization has altered the school landscape in East Asia in ways that make it easier for educators to help some children think critically about the oceans' value and its plight. Dozens of K-12 private, international schools using western, inquiry-based, pedagogy have opened in the region's major cities. Common curriculum design and teaching practices at these institutions make it possible to design resources and units that can be used in every nation from Japan south to Indonesia. Each year thousands of international school graduates count themselves among the dynamic young adults who energize East Asia's communities. By nurturing in these future business, government and community leaders, an awareness of the oceans' limits, we help them see the connections between marine ecosystems, biodiversity and the quality of human life and help them grow into adults who can integrate complex information about marine ecosystems into their decision-making.

Successful Strategies in Adventure Learning
Miriam Sutton  msutt@coastalnet.com
Strand: Teaching Ideas, Reaching New Audiences, Partnerships and Collaborations
Format: Demonstration
Audience: 3-12, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Fred Farr    Handout

This session will assist educators and researchers in developing instructional strategies to bring real scientific data and research experiences into the classroom. Three styles of Adventure Learning will be explored in this session: Classroom-based, Field-based, and Remote Teaching. Successful strategies applied during land and at-sea research projects (polar, temperate, and tropical biomes) will be reviewed in addition to pre-planning and troubleshooting tips. This session addresses all NSSE standards with an emphasis on Science as Inquiry, Earth and Space Science, and Science and Technology. Ocean Literacy Principles 5, 6, and 7 are also addressed. A resource handout will be available.

Comprehensive Marine Biology Course -- Teaches all Required California/National Biology Standards!
Mark Friedman  Mfriedman@animo.org
Gwen Noda
Strand: Teaching Ideas, Reaching New Audiences, Partnerships and Collaborations
Format: Panel discussion
Audience: 6-12, Informal Educators
Room: Heather

A complete course for high school students covering all California State Biology Standards. Consider this exciting proposal: a comprehensive biology course focusing on marine life to teach all the biology standards! Use marine biology as a hook to engage your students and have them excel on the state biology exam. Developed by Los Angeles area high school teachers who currently teach Biology and Marine Biology with support from COSEE-West. Lesson plans, labs, activities, games, puzzles, web interactives, movies with thought questions, web quests, etc. Many resources available in Spanish for ELL. Electronic copies will be provided.

Applications of GPS and Google Earth in the Classroom
Dr. Tina Miller-Way  tmiller-way@disl.org
Stephanie Wright
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Hands-on
Audience: 6-12, Informal Educators
Room: Acacia

This hands-on workshop will introduce teachers to practical ways of combining two exciting modern technologies, Google Earth and GPS in the classroom.

"Rulers of the Reef," The Zooxanthellae
Hugo Freudenthal  hfreudenthal@cs.com
Strand: Exploration and New Discoveries, Partnerships and Collaborations
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: 3-12, College, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Scripps

No teacher can talk about symbiosis or the growth of coal reefs without understanding the zooxanthellae, the symbiotic microalgae that live within the corals. This presentation will describe what we know about their history of discovery, their life cycle and morphology, how they interact with the corals, and how we classify them.

Wednesday 2:30 - 3:15 p.m.

The OC: Ocean Connections
Mandi Young  delphimjg@aol.com
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: PreK-12
Room: Triton    Handout 1, Handout 2

How did a first year high school teacher incorporate the ocean world into an already full science curriculum? Journey with me as I share how I brought my passion for marine science education into the classroom, through what I call Ocean Connections or The OC. The main goal of The OC is to connect students to the ocean world though hands on, interactive, and media centered lessons. Become inspired as I share how The OC evolved, resources used, and curriculum created. Dive into an interactive lesson and learn how to incorporate The OC into your curriculum.

Enhancing Your Marine Education Programs with FREE Multimedia
Jessica Neely  jneely@kqed.org
Strand: Teaching Ideas, Partnerships and Collaborations
Format: Web or video
Audience: 6-12, Informal Educators
Room: Surf and Sand

Today's students live in a media-rich world - blogs, online videos/games, email, television. In order to think and act like scientists, it is important for them to analyze the information they receive and to express their science knowledge using new technologies. This workshop will be both a presentation and group discussion focusing on using video, audio, and web resources from KQED Public Broadcasting's QUEST. We will provide concrete examples of how to integrate free QUEST media resources into your marine curriculum as well as explore QUEST as a resource for your own professional development.

Climate Change and Coral Reef Ecosystems: Corals on Acid
Marci Wulff  Marci.Wulff@noaa.gov
Paulo Maurin
Strand: Conservation and Sustainability
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: 3-12, Informal Educators
Room: Marlin    Handout

The oceans are absorbing up to one third of the CO2 that we put into the atmosphere, causing the ocean to become not only warmer, but more acidic. This session will introduce the concept of ocean acidification, and how it might affect corals and many other calciferous marine animals. The session will feature hands-on demonstrations showing how carbon dioxide affects pH in water, and linking our carbon footprint to marine life. Teachers will receive educational materials, including lesson plans and multimedia, to help cover ocean acidification in the classroom.

Discovery and Adventure Await You on a Scientific Cruise!
Annie Baldwin  abaldwin@horrycountyschools.net
Strand: Exploration and New Discoveries, Inspiration and Empowerment, Partnerships and Collaborations
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: PreK-12, Researchers
Room: Dolphin    Handout 1, Handout 2, Handout 3, Handout 4

We all want to inspire in our students wonder and curiosity for the ocean. The best way to do this is to experience it for yourself, first-hand! Let me show you my adventure working with marine scientists on a research cruise and how it's impacted student learning. You can do it too, and I'll show you how! The experience has re-ignited my passion for teaching. It has provided me with a true understanding of modern ocean exploration research methods/technologies as well as with connections that benefit me in immeasurable ways. Students know when you know what you're talking about. Motivate them with your contagious enthusiasm!

Building an Ocean Learning Community: Connecting Ocean Scientists and Marine Educators
Susan Bullerdick  susan@aquariumsociety.org
Tansy Clay
Strand: Partnerships and Collaborations, Reaching New Audiences
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: College, Administrators, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Sanderling

COSEE-Ocean Learning Communities reaches in to help ocean and marine scientists reach out. We offer scientists unique opportunities to communicate their research with members of marine educator organizations and engage in dialogue on how best to translate their research to the broader public. The session will focus on the process of developing an "ocean learning community," the partnerships involved, the methods used to connect marine educators and scientists, and the lessons learned from evaluating the program's work. Examples of events and activities will be provided to highlight the education and outreach process.

Volunteers, Who Needs Them? We DO! Getting and Keeping Volunteers
Karen Burns  kpburns@virginiaaquarium.com
Strand: Partnerships and Collaborations, Reaching New Audiences
Format: Roundtable discussion
Audience: Informal Educators
Room: Curlew

The Virginia Aquarium, like most non-profits, is always looking for new sources of organizational support. Through community partnerships and innovative program development we have been able to foster relationships that have enabled us to gain new volunteers. Development of educational and community partnerships has led to increased volunteerism as well as aquarium membership and community support. Educational partnerships, service learning projects, internship and mentorship opportunities are ways to gain exposure to the aquarium and recruit volunteers and members for the institution. Developing community partnerships has many potential benefits including financial support, acquisition of human resources and encouraging community involvement.

Green Seas, Blue Seas: The California Current Ecosystem, Sustainable Fisheries and Climate Change
Roy Mendelssohn
Sarah Mesnick  Sarah.Mesnick@noaa.gov
Strand: Exploration and New Discoveries
Format: Lecture
Audience: PreK-12, College, Researchers
Room: Evergreen

Scientists at the Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries Service provide innovative science- and web-based products and information on the effects of climate and environmental variability – from global to local scales – that are important to fish populations, protected species and marine ecosystems. This session will provide an overview of these studies, the web-based products and introduce new educational tools in development based on the research. Titled “Green Seas/Blue Seas: the California Current Ecosystem, Sustainable Fisheries and Climate Change” the educational products illustrate how the ecosystem has responded to past climate variability through adjustments in system organization and species composition during periods of high ("green sea") and low ("blue sea") biological productivity. These alternating climate "regimes" are most closely identified with sudden and dramatic shifts between regional fisheries for California sardine and northern anchovy. In the educational products, they are illustrated by a number of fish, marine mammals, and sea turtles whose presence and abundance in Monterey Bay waters is tied to these regimes and the sardines and anchovies on which they feed. The session will provide information on the science, web-based and educational products.

Sea Turtle CSI
Stephanie Wright  swright@disl.org
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Hands-on
Audience: 6-12, Informal Educators
Room: Kiln

Sea turtle CSI is designed as an investigative way to examine the life cycle of a sea turtle. This curriculum can be used to bring the ocean into a biology or genetics class. Genetics can be a dry subject but when we add a tangible scenario our students can get their feet wet and experience success. Sally Sea Turtle, a young sea turtle, was discovered in captivity illegally. Where was she taken from? Where will she go to nest when she matures? We will find out by using a few inexpensive, hands-on activities to test her DNA.

¡Make the Connection: Creating A Culturally Relevant Ocean and Watershed Conservation Education!
Sonya Padron  sonya.padron@noaa.gov
Julita Galleguillos
Strand: Reaching New Audiences, Partnerships and Collaborations
Format: Panel discussion
Audience: 3-12, Administrators, Informal Educators
Room: Oak Shelter

Multicultural Education for Resource Issues Threatening Oceans (MERITO) has been presenting its MERITO Academy to multi-lingual 5-8th graders on California's central coast since 2002. MERITO educators will lead the group in a cultural self-reflection and share techniques used by MERITO staff and volunteers for incorporating cultural beliefs and practices into the learning experience. Session attendees will participate in and take home “Sanctuary Habitats”, a Monterey Bay habitats activity that can be easily adapted to your home area.

Making Marine Science Matter Using Art
Kirsten Carlson  kc@kirstencarlson.net
Strand: Teaching Ideas, Inspiration and Empowerment, Reaching New Audiences
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: PreK-12, Informal Educators
Room: Fred Farr     Handout 1, Handout 2

Inspire your audience, young and old, to get excited about marine life using art. Kirsten will present ways art can be used as a tool to communicate, or as an activity to engage and educate about marine science and more. Come prepared to discover ways you can use art and science to create connections between people and the sea. Take home activities will include educational posters, coloring pages, and “how-to-draw” sheets.

Bringing the Environment to California's Classrooms: The Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI)
Andrea Lewis  alewis@calepa.ca.gov
Strand: Teaching Ideas, Conservation and Sustainability
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: PreK-12, Administrators, Informal Educators
Room: Heather     Handout

The Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI) will be bringing a standards-based, K-12 curriculum to California's schools starting in Fall, 2010. The 85-unit curriculum, scheduled to go before the State Board of Education for approval in January 2010, explores environmental topics, including oceans, in the context of California's academic content standards - and teaches both to mastery. Learn about and experience a sampling of these remarkable, unprecedented units!

Becoming a Networked Ocean World through the Centers for Ocean Science Education Excellence
Janice McDonnell  mcdonnel@marine.rutgers.edu
Sage Lichtenwalner, Katie Gardner
Strand: Teaching Ideas, Partnerships and Collaborations
Format: Demonstration
Audience: PreK-12, College, Administrators, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Acacia

In this session, COSEE NOW team members will provide a guided tour of our website and show you how you can become involved in COSEE NOW through Web-based forums, professional development\regional collaborations to enhance ocean science education and increase ocean literacy\and on-line teacher-scientist interactions to enhance scientific and technological content in informal and formal educational settings. We will demonstrate our latest lessons and resources that use real time data from ocean observing systems including the COOL Classroom and informal lessons from the Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, NJ.

Teaching Science Content and Process Through Field Explorations and Classroom Experiments
Trish Mace  tmace@uoregon.edu
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Demonstration
Audience: PreK-5
Room: Toyon    Website Resources

I will present demonstrations of various in-class and in-field inquiry-based lessons using easy to obtain sandy beach organisms. We will learn a bit about the biology of beach hoppers, mole crabs and hermit crabs, and see how these widespread animals can be used to expose young students to the process of science. Classroom and field based lessons will be demonstrated and curricula provided. Suggestions of how these lessons can be altered when these beach organisms are not available will also be presented.

Aquariums in the Classroom
Ariel Freudenthal  arielsrf@gmail.com
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: 6-12
Room: Scripps

Creating an aquarium in your classroom can be a fun learning tool. Students can explore the chemistry and biodiversity within the aquarium. Lessons plans can also revolve around the aquarium. In this session I will discuss the different options for an aquarium including aquaculture and different ecosystem themes. I will also discuss how to make the aquarium inexpensive or free as well how to make your own. Symbiotic relationships and the behaviors of the organisms in the tank is educational and extremely interesting for students to see. I will go over which ones are best for the classroom.

Wednesday 3:30 - 4:15 p.m.

Teach Ocean Literacy Concepts with NOAA's Observing System Data
Peg Steffen  Peg.Steffen@noaa.gov
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Demonstration
Audience: 6-12, Informal Educators
Room: Triton

Designed for grades 6-8, the modules apply an innovative pedagogical approach that helps develop deeper understanding of data and concepts. Interactive on-line features allow students to become experienced with different kinds of data and the tools for accessing them, so that, by the end of the module, they can continue to explore data sets driven by their own inquiry. Learn how to access these materials and take home educational materials from NOAA's Reserves and Sanctuaries.

Life on an Ocean Planet (2010): Achieving Ocean Literacy Through Classroom Instruction
Dean Allen  dean.allen@currentpublishingcorp.com
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Lecture
Audience: 9-12
Room: Surf and Sand

Attend this exciting workshop and discover Current Publishing’s latest revision of its integrated high school marine science multi component program. Explore teaching strategies to align your marine science curriculum to standards based instruction and the Ocean Literacy: Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts.

Plastics and the Patch: Resources on Marine Debris in the Pacific
Carey Morishige  carey.morishige@noaa.gov
Strand: Conservation and Sustainability
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: 3-12, College, Administrators, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Marlin

In recent years the media has been inundated with stories about plastic marine debris and an area in the North Pacific Ocean known as the Great Garbage Patch. This presentation will provide educators, both formal and informal, with scientific facts and information on plastic debris in the Pacific and the latest information on the Patch - location where debris concentrates in the North Pacific Ocean. During this presentation tips on excellent online resources for information and materials will also be shared, along with an introduction to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Marine Debris Program.

When Weeds Fight Back: Harmful Algae on Coral Reefs
Laura Diederick  diederick@si.edu
Cristin Ryan
Strand: Exploration and New Discoveries, Conservation and Sustainability
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: 6-12, Informal Educators
Room: Dolphin

The struggle between weedy organisms and non-weedy organisms has raged for eons. Many ecological communities are able to suppress weed invasions while others succumb and suffer changes in community players, often resulting in altered stability and function known as a phase shift. Many seaweeds present a clear danger to fragile coral reef ecosystems, which is why researchers at the Smithsonian Marine Station are investigating the interactions between harmful algae, including Lyngbya, and common corals found throughout the Caribbean. This presentation will introduce participants to this current research, discuss the chemical warfare used by weedy algae, and examine the future of coral reefs.

Education and Public Engagement on the Ocean from the West Coast of Europe
Margarida Suarez  asuarez@cienciaviva.pt
Strand: Partnerships and Collaborations, Reaching New Audiences
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: College, Administrators, Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Sanderling

If you are searching for an European partnership in marine science education, look at Ciência Viva, in Portugal. A national agency to promote science and technology, Ciência Viva works with schools, associations, local authorities and top scientists from research labs and universities. Ciência Viva supports science education projects, placements for secondary students in research labs and organizes public campaingns to promote science. A network of interactive science centres, some with themes related to the oceans, further enhances this policy, promoting the interaction of local universities with schools and with the general public. The presentation will highlight our national and international marine education projects and discuss opportunities for international partnerships.

Sustaining Partnerships between Scientists and Educators
Lynn Tran  lynn.tran@berkeley.edu
Catherine Halversen
Strand: Partnerships and Collaborations
Format: Hands-on
Audience: College, Informal Educators
Room: Curlew

This hands-on workshop introduces participants to COSIA- a partnership model between ocean and climate scientists and informal science educators. COSIA (Communicating Ocean Sciences to Informal Audiences) is a college course that introduces undergraduate and graduate science students to inquiry-based science pedagogy in aquariums and science centers. Scientists and educators team-teach the course at the university and aquarium\and students engage in practical experiences at the aquarium. In the workshop, we will introduce the course and partnership model, show participants how they can initiate partnerships in the locations, and offer participants a chance to do one of the activities from the course.

Sorting it All Out
Robert Rocha, Jr  rrocha@whalingmuseum.org
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Hands-on
Audience: 3-12, Informal Educators
Room: Evergreen    Handouts

Sorting it All Out introduces students to the basics of taxonomy by using marine animal models available in many catalogs. You'll use the dichotomous keys we've created for seven groups of marine organisms. These simple keys guide students through the process of identification, keeping the focus on marine creatures. Dozens of animal models, Power Point slides, and a trip or two through UMMZ's Animal Diversity Web introduce and reinforce key concepts. Handouts also available.

Inspiring Tomorrow's Environmental Stewards: Connecting Experiences to Empower Students
Marjorie Bollinger  mbollinger@aqua.org
Christine Romano, Kathy Fuller
Strand: Inspiration and Empowerment, Teaching Ideas
Format: Demonstration
Audience: 3-12, Informal Educators
Room: Kiln     Handout 1, Handout 2, Handout 3

How are youth in Maryland like anadromous fish? Both face a number of obstacles, some natural and some of human origin. Join educators from the National Aquarium in Baltimore to learn how to navigate these obstacles as you play a game simulating age-appropriate experiences for students in grades 4 through college. Our Youth Continuum connects these experiences for students in order to strengthen their personal connections with the environment and mentor them as future environmental stewards. Learn how we connect these programs to create transforming experiences that negotiate these obstacles in local students' lives. Participants receive handouts and giveaways.

Encouraging Diverse Audiences at the California Academy of Sciences
Elizabeth Selna  eselna@calacademy.org
Strand: Reaching New Audiences
Format: Lecture
Audience: Researchers, Informal Educators
Room: Oak Shelter

I will discuss how the California Academy of Sciences encourages the attendance of visitors from diverse backgrounds while promoting a consistent message of conservation and sustainability of the world's oceans and eco-systems. It does this through several strategies which I will discuss further including offering the following: free admission days to the Academy for both San Francisco residents and non-local visitors, special programs featuring Academy biologists and live animals and age-specific, interactive exhibits. All of these strategies support the Academy's mission statement , to explore, explain and protect the natural world.

Only One Ocean
Banana Slug String Band  rosemary@cruzio.com
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Hands-on
Audience: PreK-12, Informal Educators
Room: Fred Farr

Award winning Environmental Educators and Musicians, The Banana Slugs will present songs and curriculum from their new CD about Ocean Literacy, called "Only One Ocean", sponsored by a consortium of Universities, Marine and Science Education Centers and COSEE. Get ready to sing, dance and share new ideas about our ONE OCEAN!

International Hand Signals to Teach: Marine Organisms 101, Advanced Creature Identification and Behavior
Fae Silverman  faejoliege@yahoo.com
Strand: Teaching Ideas
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: PreK-12, Informal Educators
Room: Heather     Handout

Through this interactive presentation, participants will start to notice more of the underwater world by learning international hand signals for marine organisms, their habitats and behaviors. Participants will enhance their visual discrimination skills and develop their expressional clarity while learning a kinesthetic communication system that is specific to the aquatic realm, internationally iconic and designed to raise awareness for conservation.

A Sea Change: A Documentary about Ocean Acidification
Rob Moir
Angela Alston  angela@aseachange.net
Strand: Conservation and Sustainability
Format: Panel and Film Screening
Audience: PreK-12, College, Informal Educators
Room: Acacia

Imagine an ocean world where neurons no longer connect and marine life suffers breaks in the calcium that pumps and hardwires nerves. Join us for an abbreviated viewing of A Sea Change, the first documentary about ocean acidification, the nefarious wet underbelly to the atmospheric loading of greenhouse gases. I believe acidification of our oceans is a greater threat to our survival than are the conventional "global warming" threats of temperature and sea level rise. Acidification is confusing and difficult to even imagine. A 15-minute Q & A will follow the film with former NMEA president Rob Moir, PhD, and , Outreach Coordinator for the film: A Sea Change: Imagine a world without fish.

Using EARTH to Educate and Inspire About the Ocean
Katie Lodes  klodes@stjosephacademy.org
Linda McIntosh, Beth Marass
Strand: Teaching Ideas, Exploration and New Discoveries, Reaching New Audiences
Format: Lecture presentation
Audience: 6-12
Room: Toyon     Handout    Presentation

Although all of us may have an interest in the ocean, we all don't live near the ocean. Today's technology allows teachers in any geographic area access to real-time and near-real time ocean data. For many teachers using this data in the classroom can be a daunting endeavor, the Education and Research: Testing Hypotheses (EARTH) website and workshops sponsored by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute takes the frustration out of lesson planning. Join us as we present and discuss three lessons from the EARTH website that we have used in our classrooms.